A couple weeks ago we visited the CBC music studio in Toronto with Amelia Curran to play some songs from her new album in front of a small audience. I'm excited for people to finally get to hear Amelia's new album "Watershed" (released March 10). The songs, as always are very strong with commitment to a deep message. I'll leave it to you to interpret and engage with the message.

We spent a lot of time last summer as a band in pre-production - working out the songs - their direction and arrangement, before entering the studio with producer Chris Stringer and his studio Union Sound. For this album the same core band from her previous (Michael Philip-Wojewoda produced "They Promised You Mercy") album was assembled including Joshua Van Tassel (drums), Devon Henderson (bass) and myself on guitar.Amelia's melodies are at their most memorable here and the band sounds like a unit of musicians and friends.

Here's a live video from the CBC music studio in Toronto of the title track Watershed.

I finished an album (maybe more accurately, a collection of songs) a couple months ago and am excited to get it out to other people's ears. It is called "Flood" and feels like a bit of a departure from my recent releases but really it is a cumulation of many of the styles I have worked in over the years. There's melodic pop, moody post-rock, avant-garde and ambient and some fuzzed-out guitar rock and some great musical features from people I admire and respect - Joshua Van Tassel on drums, Devon Henderson on bass, Drew Jurecka on violin, Mike Olsen on Cello and Andy Magoffin (Two-Minute Miracles) on brass. The album started with nearly 30 songs being recorded. Along the way most were abandoned or incorporated into other pieces. Perhaps one day I'll get around to finishing those, but what was ultimately most important was that all of the tracks, however disparate they may initially seem, felt like they belonged together in a collection. The final 10 songs represent what has been of most interest musically to me lately.

At this point there is no firm release date though I am in the process of getting everything together for a late March release.

Here's a video I put together last night while trying to figure out how to work iMovie (I'm no video creator but I have to admit the potential of it seems like a lot of fun - and time.)

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of performing the music of Rose Cousins' new album Natural Conclusion in front of a live studio audience at the CBC building in Toronto. It was the first time these songs had been performed live and the first appearance of this band put together for the Canadian tour about to begin (see the LIVE page for upcoming dates). Rose writes some devastatingly gorgeous music and this album, produced by Joe Henry is among her finest. Looking forward to breaking some hearts with this fine team of folks this winter. The Rose Cousins band features Joshua Van Tassel (drums), Asa Brosius (pedal steel), Zachariah Hickman (bass) and myself on guitar.

The current website is in transition as I prepare to launch my new album "Flood". I'm excited to get this record out into people's ears. Sorry that it's incomplete and a bit of a mess around here at the moment. In March I hope to launch the album, new website and have music for you to listen to and purchase from here.

Adam Fox - a longtime friend and collaborator (on the album Narco by his previous project Field Assembly) originally from my hometown (Windsor ON) has an exciting new musical project called Carbolizer. The music makes heavy use of synthesizers and drum machines to create beautifully dark music that are emotionally and sonically unique even when the sounds occasionally evoke elements of the 80s. Here is a video of the first single "exe" that I enjoyed mixing this past December.